Gillett G. From Aristotle to Cognitive Neuroscience

New York: Springer, 2018. — 172 p.From Aristotle to Cognitive Neuroscience identifies the strong philosophical tradition that runs from Aristotle, through phenomenology, to the current analytical philosophy of mind and consciousness.
In a fascinating account, the author integrates the history of philosophy of mind and phenomenology with recent discoveries on the neuroscience of conscious states. The reader can trace the development of a neuro-philosophical synthesis through the work of Aristotle, Kant, Wittgenstein, Husserl, Merleau-Ponty, Brentano and Hughlings-Jackson, among others, and so explore contemporary philosophical puzzles surrounding consciousness and its relation to cerebral synchrony and connectedness.
Of interest to students and scholars of neuroethics, neurophilosophy and philosophy of mind, as well as philosophy of psychiatry, From Aristotle to Neuroscience demonstrates the real essence of consciousness as it increasingly connects with philosophy, law, morality, aesthetics, and spirituality.Introduction: Second Nature and Naturalism
From Aristotle to Consciousness and Intentionality
Evolutionary Neurology and the Human Soul
Diverse Dissolutions of Consciousness
Consciousness, Value, and Human Nature
Second Nature, the Will, and Human Neuroscience
Consciousness: Metaphysical Speculations and Supposed Distinctions